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Record Number of Americans See Climate Change As a Current Threat (axios.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: More Americans are very worried about global warming and say the issue is personally important to them than ever before, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The polling may indicate that extreme weather events -- coupled with a series of grim scientific findings -- over the past year are starting to change peoples' minds about climate change, which could have significant implications for any significant climate legislation passing Congress. The key finding from the new survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication is that Americans increasingly view global warming as a present-day threat to them, rather than an issue that will affect future generations. Nearly half of Americans (46%) said they personally experienced the effects of global warming -- a 15-point spike since March 2015.
In other news, record numbers of Americans are susceptible to group think and mass indoctrination.
I remember back in the 80s when the warning came out with the predictions of what would happen.
We're living it.
I'm not interested in "Liberal" vs "Conservative" bickering or what is "fake" or not.
From everything I have seen, doing what I can to reduce human caused climate change means a better way of life for me. Less pollution. Less money being spent. Healthier lifestyle. A better way of life for my children and grandchildren. Less wars. Less migrations and the trouble that causes.
If we could just stop these bullshit wars that cause people to migrate. I cannot blame any Syrian who wants to leave. The same for every other country over-run with assholes who want to take over everything for whatever reason.
Outfits like Axios desperate for some climate change 'action.' The narrative is complete; if you want to save earth, socialism based on carbon redistribution/control. If you're against that, you're a denying Earth Hater. Did anyone notice the latest 'tipping point' narrative drop in the Times a few days ago? They've been tipping the point for twenty years over there lol.
In other news, Brazil told the cult to hold their Carbon Con 2019 somewhere else. Somehow, that's not in the news.
So how much is Soros paying BIZX, LLC to peddle this AGW crap ever other story on Slashdot?
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The insurance companies take global climate change seriously and they are planning for it - i.e. charging you more.
There is also the human health issue - your employees/co-workers will get sick more.
There is also the costs associated with agriculture. Those heat waves or harsh winters that will become more common makes your orange juice - like you have for breakfast - and the coffee - like you have for breakfast - more costly.
And then there is the migration issue. If you are scared of the evil hoard coming across our Southern border, climate change will make that even worse - like then, they'll take raft to our shores, dig a tunnel, fly planes or whatnot into our country. Come in via Canada - NAH! If they make it to Canada they'll stay! The Canadian people are our best defense against illegal immigration from the North!
Watch the news when heat waves come and see how many old people die. They don't just roll over, They go to the emergency room and rack up a hundred Gs doing so and then die. Guess who pays.
And there is much much more. Why do I know? Because that's what I do. Sucking up all the data and running models as to what happens when climate changes.
My reasons? Wall Street.
They're gonna make BILLIONS off of global climate change if we continue the way we're going.
They don't care. They'll be on their yachts basking in the Arctic mellow climate while we roast.
Me? I'm with them. I'm gonna ride their coattails and hopefully end up better than the rest of you people. I'll be able to buy that jar of strawberry jam to put on my Soylent Green.
Suck it, peasant!
Are you a farmer that will have to find new sources of water as droughts affect your crops? If additional water is not enough, can you switch to alternative crops? Not a farmer, are you or someone you know will be affected if farming has to change because of climate change? That's just on crops.
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Why is it then predominantly only the left that pushes the cataclysmic effects of climate change, while those on the right tend not to see it as a dire threat (if they acknowledge it exists)?
Is it the those on the left are just so wise, and those on the right are dumb?
Or is it that the left has been attaching climate change to all of their favorite other ideas, making it even less of an attractive/plausible issue to those on the right?
Well....yeah. If cancer isn't affecting me directly, it's not a problem for me. Why should I care if other people have cancer? Same as climate change. So far it isn't directly impacting my life in any way that matters, so I don't care about it.
Why is it then predominantly only the left that pushes the cataclysmic effects of climate change, while those on the right tend not to see it as a dire threat (if they acknowledge it exists)?
It's a matter of temperament with each group. At the risk of over-generalizing, leftists support progress, reform, internationalism, whereas rightists support order, tradition, and nationalism. More here.
Is it the those on the left are just so wise, and those on the right are dumb?
No and no. There are lots of dumb leftists and smart rightists. As I said, it's more an issue of temperament than intelligence.
Or is it that the left has been attaching climate change to all of their favorite other ideas, making it even less of an attractive/plausible issue to those on the right?
The left and the right have been known to agree on many things. Generally they just don't seem to do so on this one. I don't think the right is less inclined to deal with climate change because the left has the opposite view. Rather, they see the effort to deal with climate change as disruptive of a status quo they are comfortable with.
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Just because your life doesn't appear to be directly affected doesn't mean the lives of others aren't. Rising sea levels are affecting island nations.
I see this all the time, but I haven't seen any actual proof? Which island nations are losing area, are ending up underwater?
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
Both the DOD and insurance companies have taken climate change seriously for over 20 years now. Neither can afford to deny reality because it directly affects thier bottom line.
Has your country become almost uninhabitable because humidity moved in where before it was dry heat? Can you no longer farm or produce on your land? What do you think might happen if this country was a nuclear power and surrounding countries reject the millions of refugees seeking relief? These are the biggest problems with climate change, the hundreds of millions of climate refugees and the possible destabilization of middle eastern nuclear powers. Wars are already fought over resources, reducing the amount and shuffling them around could start WW3.
Sort of...
I'm on the right. My reasons for disagreeing with most of the suggestions made by the left on this subject is that they tend to always increase the size and impact of government which I see is generally bad. Also, the majority of the suggested efforts largely ignore the geo-political impact of the proposed solutions will have as we unilaterally destroy our economy and thus reduce our ability to maintain our standards of living and freedoms.
Let's face it, there is zero chance we can have ANY effect on the amounts of carbon emitted by countries outside our borders. We can ask nicely I suppose, but do you think our competitors will willingly do this? Both China and Russia would be more than willing to keep burning fossil fuels for a competitive advantage over the free world and would be happy to keep burring by while we unilaterally stopped and made their fuel costs go down. In the long term, the world's CO2 load won't decrease anyway (at least while there are fossil fuels to burn), so what ever the bad effects of Global Warming turn out to be we will have to deal with them.
So, from my perspective, looking long term, if the left is correct, there isn't any way to avoid what's coming, no matter how hard the western world tries. So the right's approach seems the best one to me. Sure, do what we reasonably can with conservation and "green" energy, but let's not get so crazy about this as to hurt our geopolitical standing and vibrant economy. In the mean time, we should prepare for the effects of Global Warming as a higher priority than trying to avoid them so if/when they do come, we can effectively deal with them.
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The Koch brothers paid for a study to prove Medicare for all costs more. Unfortunately for them the cost we pay now is 34 trillion per decade and the cost of healthcare for all, with everyone using it and using it more often, is 32 trillion per decade. How do we afford something 2 trillion dollars cheaper?!? IDK but maybe we can do it by taking the money we spend now, but use less of it. The insurance companies have a market valuation of 940 billion per year, that's not what they pay out to hospitals and doctors, its overhead and profits. Disbanding them all would save 9.4 trillion dollars and since they are only leaches that contribute nothing, are the thing you are looking for that we cannot keep paying for. Yes it increases taxes but you don't have those massive payments to insurance taken out of your paycheck so the result is better care for less. You know, like the rest of the world does it.
The good news is that people like you are becoming marginalized and a small enough minority to not matter any more. The process just needs to be accelerated as much as possible.
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